Suit hanger and shape retainer.



A. HERMANSON.

SUIT HANGER AND SHAPE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-16.1916.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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SUIT HANGER AND SHAPE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.16,I916.

Patented N 0v. 12, 1918.

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ALBIN HEBMANSON, 0F FORT STANTON, NEW MEXICO.

SUTT HANGER AND SHAPE RETAINER.

Specification or Letters Retent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed December 16, 1916. Serial No. 187,858.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN HERMANSON, a citizen of Sweden, residin at Fort Stanton, in the county of Linco n and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suit Hangers and Shape Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in suit hangers and shape retainers. One object is to provide a device of this type that will serve to retain the garment in its proper shape whether it is hanging up or packed away for shipment. and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in this specification, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of the specification and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device.

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Fig. 2 is a plan view of one section folded for shipment.

Fig. 3 is a front view of another section extended.

Fig. 4 is a front view of another section in extended position.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4 in folded position.

Fig. 6 is a top edge view of Fig. 5.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

M invention comprises three sections adapted collectively to carry a suit of clothes. The coat su porting section comprises a form 1, pre erablyof wood, and substantially of rectangular outline when extended comprising three portions 2, 3 and 4, said portions being connected by a pliable hinge 5 and foldable alon the lines 6 into the position illustrated in ig. 2. The portion 2 comprises an arch-like shoulder piece 7 through which the hooked supporting rod 8 extends to support the form. A coat 9 is supported upon the form as shown, Fig. 1, with the shoulder piece 7 supporting the coat shoulder, the body portion of the coat hanging loosely about the form. The coat ith the foregoing when buttoned to ether upon. its form may be folded up wit the same and its shape will be preserved.

A vest may also be supported upon this form, the shoulder portion of the vest engaging with the-shoulder piece 7 and the ends of the shoulder piece extending through the armholes of the vest.

A sleeve form for the coat comprising form sections 10, 11 connected by a flexible hinge iece 12 is provided, one section 10 being ormed with an car 13 having an eyelet 14 to receive a hook to support the same when not in'use. The form section 11 is provided with pivoted friction hooks 15 which, when the form sections inoase a sleeve of the coat, as shown in Fig. 1, serve to frictionally retain the form sections in operative position, the function of the device being to retain the crease in the sleeve. A trousers form comprising form sections 16, 17 hinged together by flexible hinge 18 is provided and each form section is made of two pieces connected by a flexible hinge 19; one form section being provided with friction hooks 15, preferably three in number and the other section with two of said hooks. Each of said sections, further being formed with terminal ears 20 provided with eyelets 21 to receive a hook of the rod 8 to support the same as shown in Fig. 1. The

' form sections grow wider from the ends provided with the ears 20 to a point 22beyond' which they are tapered inwardly as shown at 23. Wooden straps 24 secured to the smaller ends of the form are connected by hinge 25, their relatively opposite ends being formed with slots 26 to permit their connection by a hook 27 pivotally carried by one of said straps. The trousers to be pressed are placed within the form with the cuffs of the trousers at the strapped end of the form.

What is claimed is In a suit hanger and shape retainer, a coat supporter comprising end sections and a central section, flexible hinges connecting said sections to each other, said end sections being foldable flat against said central section and upon opposite sides of the same, said secsaid shoulder P1806. itnesses:

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